Jon Voight Quotes
This lie of political correctness is bringing this country down. You just want to break through it all.
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My dad played guitar, and he taught me enough to play some Beatles' songs. But primarily, I was a bookworm. I loved reading and still do. My whole family does. It was part of the family culture. Accomplished literacy was a value.
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If Mr. Bush and Mr. Forbes don't get most of the votes, they should be arrested for wasting money.
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My assignment was in the communications office, where I typed out dispatches.
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Love and understand the Italians, for the people are more marvellous than the land.
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Nobody wanted to believe Jack Ma.
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I never identified with anybody. I have always been very sensitive about my color, because everybody called me 'yellow gal.' I was caught in between both sides - nobody wanted me. I love that my audience is there, but I always feel as though I have to fend for myself.
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Writing humor for me is more like a watchful-ness. You have to watch. When you say something funny, or someone else does, it's more like you wait for the piece.
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The University of Southern California has a wonderful social work department, and I was thrilled to find out that they have a whole veterans' initiative program there. They approached me, and I set up a scholarship that would go to a military-oriented person to learn techniques and skills to better help veterans.
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With the right help, children have a good chance of overcoming their issues while they are still young and can have the bright future they deserve.
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The way you wield your power is about using it to afford you opportunities that you wouldn't otherwise have. So I'm very creatively ambitious, and I just hope people notice it; that's all I want.
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My wife never throws anything at me that I can't handle.
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When I was a child, I grew up speaking French, I mean, in a French public school. So my first contact with literature was in French, and that's the reason why I write in French.
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We are all in this together. We will all make it or none of us will make it. If everyone cleans up their act except one big ole country, it isn't going to work.
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When I'm painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing. It's only after a get acquainted period that I see what I've been about. I've no fears about making changes for the painting has a life of its own.
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One SF prediction that I would like very much to see: Get solar collectors launched to beam energy back home, and get away from fossil fuels.
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We've always believed in our music.
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Someone has to stand up for wimps.
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Western man is schizophrenic.
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I'm obsessed with golf, so I love going to play golf.
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When I try to get work in the US all they say is that I need to lose weight - but I bet they never said that to Mae West.
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Liberty and democracy become unholy when their hands are dyed red with innocent blood.
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All my battles were with male egos. I’m just looking for equality, not to dominate. But I want to be able to control my vision.
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This lie of political correctness is bringing this country down. You just want to break through it all.
